Honda 2 Wheelers India — Honda CBR 650 - Headlights

Hi Team,

My name is Nikhil Krishn N, from Trivandrum, Kerala, India. I recently bought a Honda CBR 650r (Feb 2022) from Kochi EVM showroom. The bike is great, in terms of performance, comfort, stability as per my last 6 months experience. The 2nd service is due this month.

But I like to highlight one downside for the machine. The CBR 650r comes with a very poor head-light, which is not at all sufficient for the roads here. Initially I thought it was a problem with the adjustment of focus. The service team helped me in checking for the same and adjusted the focus with the best setting. But still, the headlight got a very very poor spread & illumination.

I am a person who enjoys early morning rides. I usually go for small trips, starting 4:00Am in the morning. I already own a 2012 model CBR 250r, which is a very strong companion for my rides even now. The illumination of 250r is very much better, when compared to its bigger sibling, 650r.

I know that my 250r is having Halogen and 650r is having Led. But even after spending, around 12 lakhs for the new machine, I am not able to use it for my daily rides, which is very disappointing. I can understand that there are some current norms which makes the current headlight’s light intensity low. But still, as a premium customer, I wanted to hear from the Honda team, what can be done to improvise the situation.

Let me tell you one thing, with the current Led lighting, if I go in some poorly lighted roads, accidents can happen due to poor visibility, which can severely cause harm to the rider.

I hope you understood my concern. Expecting a response that can fix the current challenge.

Note:

This mail is not an escalation against the showroom team, as they had already helped in adjusting the focus.

Regards

Nikhil Krishn N